New gerrit repo needed

Itamar Heim iheim at redhat.com
Thu Feb 9 20:27:01 UTC 2012


On 02/09/2012 10:26 PM, Mike Burns wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 08:38 +0200, Itamar Heim wrote:
>> On 02/09/2012 05:07 AM, Mike Burns wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Can I get a new gerrit repo added for ovirt-node-iso?  An empty repo
>>> should be fine initially.
>>>
>>> The purpose of this repo is to package the ovirt-node iso image in an
>>> rpm for delivery.  Ideally, this could be done as a sub-package of
>>> ovirt-node, but there is a chicken and egg problem.  You need the
>>> ovirt-node rpm in order to generate the iso which you need to build the
>>> ovirt-node-iso rpm.  We also need to keep the generation of the
>>> ovirt-node rpm and the iso image in separate steps so we could create
>>> multiple images from a single ovirt-node rpm.  This would allow
>>> something like an update to a package that isn't ovirt-node to be
>>> included.  For example, if vdsm had a critical update, we need to be
>>> able to regenerate the ovirt-node iso image without have to rebuild the
>>> ovirt-node rpm.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>
>> I'm assuming the only issue is you want to keep the single package per
>> repo policy, rather than any technical/logistical issue with managing
>> the code?
>> I have no problem creating it, it is same project as far as i am
>> concerned, just needs separation due to packaging.
>> let's give a day for comments in case someone has an issue for some
>> reason, and I'll create it if no objections.
>> karsten/ofer/barak/doron/anyone - thoughts/comments/issues/support?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ownership should be the ovirt-node-maintainers group.

should be there.
try it out.



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